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J4 Investigate Maths Outdoors

Posted: 14th March 2019

Highclare Preparatory School J4 pupils stepped outside of the classroom this week to investigate maths during their outdoor lesson.

Using what they could find in the playground and the Woodland Skills Area J4 pupils discovered that maths is all around, they created charts, mathematical sculptures, investigated the question ‘Can you create a perfectly symmetrical design using twigs?’, and used their estimation skills to calculate how far they would travel in 10 paces, 50 paces, 100 paces and more. An excellent lesson bringing maths to life.

How can we balance the branches to make a tall structure?

What are we going to choose, a Venn diagram or a frequency table?

Can you make a perfectly symmetrical pattern using twigs?

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This year Highclare students have once again produced outstanding GCSE results. Nearly one third of all grades were at the highest level of 7 and above and our overall pass rate was 92%, all of which are significantly above the national figures of 22% and 68% respectively.

Half of all grades were 6 and above and 98% of our full-time students achieved 5 of more GCSE passes. Having scored particularly excellent grades in Science and Maths, we are welcoming 4 students onto our Pre-Med scholarship program, designed to support students with medicine-related university applications.

Nearly 10% of our cohort have achieved 8 or more GCSEs at the top grades of 7 or above (or 35% achieved 7 or more GCSEs at the top grades of 6 or above).

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